Yesterday I was having lunch at Blue Moon Cafe in Saranac Lake and Aggie Pelltieri dropped by to talk up this weekend’s Winter Carnival parade, even offering a sneak peak of one distinctly awesome float.

I’m forbidden to reveal details, but people are pulling out all the stops.

In case you missed it, National Geographic rated Saranac Lake’s carnival as the second best in the world back in December. Not bad bragging rights.

The town is buzzing and so is our house, with wife Susan joining a new “Canoodler” drill team that will march and cavort in the parade with paddles while pretending to be from France. (If you come, that’ll make more sense.)

My son Nicholas will march with the high school band and I’ll be up on the judge’s platform MCing the parade outside Harrietstown hall.

As NCPR’s resident sci-fi-fantasy nerd, I’ve been thrilled with the theme’s of Winter Carnival the last two years, Medieval Times and now Space Alien Invasion. What could be better?